"How do you know so much?"
Gongsun Yarou stared curiously at Xiao Fan. Earlier, it was Xiao Fan's suggestion that led her to create the rainbow bridge to the Demon Emperor's inheritance. However, due to the subsequent events, she had forgotten to ask him about it.
"If I said it was intuition, would you believe me?"
Xiao Fan raised an eyebrow and smiled. Honestly, he didn't know why he knew so much—it was just a strange intuition.
To his surprise, Gongsun Yarou nodded seriously. "I believe you."
Seeing her trust him unconditionally, Xiao Fan felt moved.
"Aren't you afraid I'm deceiving you?"
Hearing this, Gongsun Yarou's expression turned serious as she stared intently at Xiao Fan. "Xiao Fan, even if you wanted my life, I would willingly give it to you. But if you ever lie to me or hide something from me, I will never forgive you."
Xiao Fan fell silent. He admitted that his primary goal in urging Gongsun Yarou to enter the Demon Emperor's inheritance wasn't to find medicine to restore himself, but to ensure she obtained the inheritance. However, the inheritance might indeed contain medicine capable of healing him, so it wasn't entirely deceitful.
He felt guilty knowing that Gongsun Yarou was unaware he remembered everything that had happened while he was in a coma. During that time, her efforts to wake him by painfully calling him "Master" was a sore spot in her heart. She avoided discussing it to spare him from recalling past traumas.
The word "Master" held special significance for him, pulling him back to reality from a profound state. But he wanted to tell Gongsun Yarou that he never mistook her for Long Xiaoxiao or anyone else. His response to being called "Master" was solely for her. He awakened, not to disappoint her sacrifices, but because of her.
Considering the unpredictable dangers within the Demon Emperor's inheritance, he felt a strong urge to confess everything to her now.
Seeing Xiao Fan remain silent, Gongsun Yarou teased, "What? Feeling guilty about something and afraid I'll find out? Or do you already have another confidante before me?"
Her tone was light, but only she knew how nervous she was.
"Actually, before..." Xiao Fan began, ready to tell her everything, but Gongsun Yarou suddenly leaned in and kissed him, silencing him.
After a long moment, she looked at him with deep affection and said, "The past no longer matters. Just don't lie to me or hide anything from me in the future."
She was afraid of hearing something that would drive her insane with jealousy. She knew her own intense jealousy well, so it was better not to know.
Xiao Fan felt helpless. Whenever he tried to speak, Gongsun Yarou would move to kiss him again, so he gave up for now, planning to tell her later.
That night, under the cover of darkness, Gongsun Yarou focused on the location of the Demon Emperor's inheritance palace in her mind. Soon, a rainbow bridge appeared over the sea, leading directly to her.
The demon clan experts, who had been monitoring the situation inside the inheritance, immediately noticed this and recognized it as Gongsun Yarou's doing.
"How dare she disregard the clan rules so brazenly! Stop her!"
Following the elders' orders, a large number of demon clan experts rushed to the bridge.
When the Demon Lord heard the news, he merely frowned slightly. "It's no use. She's likely already inside the palace."
Indeed, as soon as the bridge appeared, Gongsun Yarou had decisively taken Xiao Fan and stepped onto it. The bridge was designed to filter entrants, allowing only eligible young demons to pass. Hence, the demon clan experts could do nothing even if they saw her crossing.
Gongsun Yarou had initially worried about bringing Xiao Fan, a human, with her, but to her surprise, it went smoothly. They soon reached the palace within the inheritance, finding that the bridge extended into the palace itself.
Without hesitation, Gongsun Yarou led Xiao Fan deeper into the palace, aware they were already behind the other demon clan prodigies. She feared many treasures and medicines had already been taken, so she needed to catch up quickly.
The first trial was a vast primordial forest filled with powerful beasts. Only by killing a beast could one advance to the next trial. Gongsun Yarou and Xiao Fan bypassed this trial by using the bridge.
Many weaker demons were still trapped in the first trial, hiding to survive, hoping to be transported out after someone completed the inheritance trials.
Some demons noticed Gongsun Yarou and Xiao Fan casually passing the trial on the bridge, their eyes nearly popping out in disbelief.
"Cheating! This is blatant cheating!"
Some demons tried to follow on the bridge but found it inaccessible, exposing themselves to the beasts.
Gongsun Yarou and Xiao Fan effortlessly passed the first trial, then the second and third trials...
At the sixth trial, they encountered fellow demon clan prodigies, battling over a divine medicine with miraculous properties, also serving as a key to the final trial.
Seeing this, Gongsun Yarou knew they had to act quickly.
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